September 19, 2014
This is Yanira, a one-year-old baby girl who lives with her mother in Guatemala.
At eight months, Yanira began to experience uncontrollable, or intractable, seizures. “She had limited medical care prior to this, and from the birth history it sounds like she had a very difficult birth, and was born blue and not crying,” Wuqu’ Kawoq (WK) tells us about Yanira. “For these reasons, we suspect that this is a case of cerebral palsy. Because of the constant seizures she is malnourished and developmentally delayed.”
“Yanira’s mom is super motivated to see her improve,” WK writes. “This is her only child and it has been really devastating for her to watch her child seizing. She’s tried seeing a few doctors, but doesn’t feel like she’s ‘gotten a straight answer.’ Furthermore, medication costs are a huge issue, and so she’s having trouble getting medications to control the seizures.”
$1385 will cover the cost of treatment (including meds, an MRI, and travel for Yanira and her mother) so the WK team can provide tailored care to Yanira, help to get her seizure activity under control, and ensure that she is able to grow and develop as healthily as possible.
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This is Yanira, a one-year-old baby girl who lives with her mother in Guatemala.
At eight months, Yanira began to experience uncontrolla...
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February 12, 2015
Yanira received an MRI and physical therapy to first manage, and finally eliminate frequent seizures.
Yanira’s doctors share, “Yanira had an extensive workup, including brain imaging with MRI, which helped to confirm that there was no major underlying structural brain disease (such as a tumor) causing her symptoms. After this, we set about aggressively managing the seizures. We’re very happy to report that Yanira hasn’t had any more seizures for weeks (she was having several per day). As a result of fixing the seizures, she is now brighter, more alert, and more engaged. She’s starting to talk, and making major strides in motor development, all of this aided by the fact that we’ve been providing her with aggressive physical therapy as well. She looks like a totally different child, and we’ll keep working with her as she grows to make sure she continues to thrive. (Donors will notices that Yanira has a slight eye deviation of one eye, which is the last thing that we are still working on!)”
Yanira's doctors share, "Yanira had an extensive workup, including brain imaging with MRI, which helped to confirm that there was no major u...
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